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Another milestone on the road to normalityhttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002115.html
My regular column is available to subscribers on www.thesundaytimes.co.uk This is an excerpt. An economic recovery is all about barriers and milestones. It is a story of getting over the barriers and counting off the milestones as you pass...David Smith's other articlesDavid Smith2015-08-02T09:00:13+00:00Cuts: the big bad wolf's howl is worse than his bitehttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002114.html
My regular column is available to subscribers on www.thesundaytimes.co.uk This is an excerpt. Sometimes I think that when George Osborne looks in the mirror each morning, he thinks: “Now how can I put the wind up the Labour party...David Smith's other articlesDavid Smith2015-07-26T09:00:01+00:00Bank ponders a rate rise as job market changes gearhttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002113.html
My regular column is available to subscribers on www.thesundaytimes.co.uk This is an excerpt. Things are getting rather interesting. In the past few days we have had what looks like a concerted attempt by the Bank of England to prepare...David Smith's other articlesDavid Smith2015-07-19T09:00:56+00:00Something Will Turn Uphttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002112.html
My new book, Something Will Turn Up, is about Britain's economy over recent decades, and into the future. This excerpt gives a flavour of where it and I started, in the industrial heartlands of the West Midlands. I was born...Thoughts and responsesDavid Smith2015-07-18T15:45:42+00:00Individual ambition serves the common goodhttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002111.html
My remarks on being awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Nottingham, at a ceremony on Friday July 17. Vice Chancellor, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, parents, family members, academic staff and fellow graduands. If I’ve missed anybody out,...Thoughts and responsesDavid Smith2015-07-18T15:30:24+00:00Something Will Turn Uphttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002109.html
My new book, Something Will Turn Up, is published on Thursday July 16. More about it here soon but, in the meantime, here is the descrption from by publisher, Profile: Overcoming economic decline, inflation and mass unemployment have challenged...Thoughts and responsesDavid Smith2015-07-15T15:00:49+00:00Osborne gambles on a pay rise to cushion the cutshttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002108.html
My regular column is available to subscribers on www.thesundaytimes.co.uk This is an excerpt. Five days on from any budget is always a bit of a challenge, particularly one that has been picked over more intensely than most. Fortunately there...David Smith's other articlesDavid Smith2015-07-12T09:00:32+00:00Three messages from the budgethttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002107.html
For a long time during George Osborne's seventh budget it was quite hard to detect a unifying theme, or even a set of themes. As the first Tory-only budget for nearly two decades, and the first of the new parliament,...Thoughts and responsesDavid Smith2015-07-08T16:00:09+00:00Syriza dreamers snuffed out growth and made a difficult situation worsehttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002106.html
From The Sunday Times, July 5 2015 At the start of this year, things were looking up for the beleaguered Greek economy. Economists polled by Consensus Economics predicted growth of 2% this year, following last year’s modest 0.8% expansion. Unemployment,...David Smith's other articlesDavid Smith2015-07-05T12:00:30+00:00Osborne must press the right buttons on tax and productivityhttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002105.html
My regular column is available to subscribers on www.thesundaytimes.co.uk This is an excerpt. Given the sheer unpredictability of events in Greece we cannot be sure that George Osborne’s first post-election budget, his seventh in all, will be the biggest...David Smith's other articlesDavid Smith2015-07-05T09:00:49+00:00Cut tax rates at the bottom, not at the tophttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002104.html
My regular column is available to subscribers on www.thesundaytimes.co.uk This is an excerpt. There is more than a touch of déjà vu about George Osborne’s summer budget on July 8. In June 2010, when Osborne presented his first “emergency”...David Smith's other articlesDavid Smith2015-06-28T09:00:21+00:00Booming job market gives Britain a pay risehttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002103.html
My regular column is available to subscribers on www.thesundaytimes.co.uk This is an excerpt. Apart from a Greek crisis that is in danger of giving a whole new meaning to the term brinkmanship – the usual idea is to stop...David Smith's other articlesDavid Smith2015-06-21T09:00:09+00:00First get your budget surplus, then try to keep it therehttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002102.html
My regular column is available to subscribers on www.thesundaytimes.co.uk This is an excerpt. Neither will welcome the comparison but George Osborne since the election reminds me of Gordon Brown in the weeks after Labour’s 1997 victory. Both hit the...David Smith's other articlesDavid Smith2015-06-14T09:00:06+00:00After wasting five years, Labour will struggle to rebuild economic credibilityhttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002100.html
My regular column is available to subscribers on www.thesundaytimes.co.uk This is an excerpt. The general election is becoming a fading memory but its implications will be with us for some time. For the Conservatives, there is the task of...David Smith's other articlesDavid Smith2015-06-07T09:00:47+00:00Trade is such a drag for Britain's economyhttp://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002098.html
My regular column is available to subscribers on www.thesundaytimes.co.uk This is an excerpt. A new government is in place and we have had its first Queen’s speech. As far as the economy is concerned, the two most important aspects...David Smith's other articlesDavid Smith2015-05-31T09:00:08+00:00